Weight-motor device



S. PICCIOTTO. WEIGHT MOTORA DEVICE.y APPLICATION FlLgD APH. 29. 1921.1

Patented Aug. 22, 1922.

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S. PICCIOTTO. WEIGHT Moron DEVICE. v APPLICATION FILED APR. 29, 1921.

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New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Veight-Motor` Devices, of which the following is a specication.

The objects of my invent-ion are first, to provide a weight motor device which shall be simple in construction and efficient in operation. e

Second, to provide a device which, by reason of its peculiar construction sets into motionl a pendulum, the oscillations of which operate a dynamo.

Third, to provide a weight motor device which can be easily rewound withoutdisturbing its operation.

l/Vith these objects in view, others appearing as the specification proceeds, and the nature of the invention more fully appears, the invention comprises essentially, a gear mechanism operated by aI weight, a pendulum operatively connected to the gear mechanism, and a flywheel, actuated by oscillation of said pendulum, to drive the dynamo.

The invention relies on certain refinements of construction to make the device ult-imately effective as a weight motor.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown an example capable of applying the principles stated, and in the drawing like reference-characters, indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views. The several figures of the drawings are briefly described as follows Figure 1, is a front elevation of my device,

Figure 2, is a plan view of the pendulum with connecting levers attached to` shaft comprising partof ge'ar mechanism,

Figure 3, is an end elevation of the upper section of the device showing the gear mechanism, and

Figure t, is an end elevation of the lower section of the device showing the flywheel and means to rotate saine.

Referring to details in drawings:

Chain 1 engages with teeth of sprocket 2, passes over pulleys 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, engages with teeth of sprocket 8, passes over pulleys 9, 10, then by means of pulley 11, carries weight 12, and is then o-ined forming acontinuous chain. Between pulleys 3, t, by

means of pulley 13 a counterweight 14: is

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suspended on' said chain ening. (Fig. 1;)

.l to `prevent slacki l SllOCkGtSl 15l and 2,1 larecarried ori-shaft f 16, and chain 17 engages with teleth of sprocket 15 anddrives sprocket 18 carried on shaft 19 with gear 20. `Said gear 2O engages with teeth of pinion 21,'which with gear 22, is carried on shaft 23;

Shaft 24.- carries arm 25 and pinion' 26".

which meshes with teeth ofv gear 22, and is oiisquently driven by; saine,` (Figures Itrcan` rangement, the revolutions of shaft 24, are greatly increased in number over those of shaft 16.

Pendulum 27 swings on aXis 2 8, ,2Q-rigidly fastened to frames 30, 31, and consistsl of uprights having pivoted crossbars. Said crossbars strengthening said pendulum 27 allows it to oscillate in afstraight line. Connecting rod 32 is pivotally attached to arm., y y

25 and to pendulum 27, transferring to same the motion derived from pinon 26. ures1-2.) l l n .l

To rotate the flywheel 33 a three-piece be readilyseenthat,,bylthis'ary connecting rod is employed; Theupper end I of connecting rod 34 is centrally pivotedto pendulum 27 and the lower end is pivoted to arm 35, which is vfastened-to axis 36 of ily'- wheel 33..` 'Ihe center piece lof rod '34 pivotally unites the same and is guided by casing 37, in order to transfer a `uniform. rotating motiony to flywheel 33, which by `means of belt 38, drives dynamo 39. (Figures 1 4.)` The result of this arrangement ofthe in-y strumentalities before described .is to produce an increase in the revolutions .imparted to the driven member so as tovbe double the rate of rotation of the driving pinion 26.

- 'Ihat is to say, that as the pendulum 'device 27 swings toward Ithe right fromj its verti-f cal` posititon under the actuation ofthe 'driving member 26 duringa quarter o'f a revolution of the arm 25, the crank arm 35 of the p driven member `is raised from its lowermost l position to the uppermost position giving' one-half revolution to the flywheel.

Thereturn movement to the vertical pos.'- tion moves the arm 35 to its lowermost 'position or another half revolution, and the cor-` responding swinging movement ofthe pen-` dulum in the opposite direction to the vertical produces the second complete revolution so that the fly-wheel has translatedl to it two revolutions to each single revolution of the driving pinion 26.

The aXis 10 01"' sprocket 8 carries ratchet 41, which engages with pawl 4-2 pivoted on frame 30. To actuate this device Crank 13 fastened to the outer end of aXis 40, is turned from left to right, causing ratchet 11 to be iree from pawl 4-2. The teeth of sprocket 8 which are engaged with chain 17 will drive same downward.

This causes weight 12 to bel raised up while connterweight 14 is taking up the slack of chain 1, consequently lowers. Pawl 412 will not permit chain 1 to move upward in order to allow weight 12 to descend, consequently chain 1, which is also engaged with teeth of sprocket 2 will force same to rotate and chain 17 will then drive sprocket 18 and gear 20.

Said gear 2O being` in mesh with pinion 21, will drive same and also gear 22, which engaging with teeth of pinion 26 will rotate same and consequently arm 25. Said arm 25 revolving causes pendulum 27 to oscillate, which 1n doing so will turn the flywheel 38.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A weight motor of the class described, comprising a frame support, a driving gear mounted therein, weight means operatively connected to said driving gear to actuate the same, a pendulum swingingly carried by said frame and operatively connected to the driving gear, a driven member, and a pit man connection intermediate the pendulum and the driven member whereby a single rotation or the driving gear will impart double rotation to the driven member.

ln testimony whereof l have set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SALVATORE PICCOTTO.

Witnesses SALVATOR Onno, LEONE Rovnniit 

